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the same, is hereby prohibited; and whoever shall have in his 

 possession, with the intent to sell, or offer for sale, any article 

 which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this 

 Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction there- 

 of, shall be punished as hereinafter provided. Proof that any 

 person, firm or corporation has or had possession of any article 

 which is adulterated or misbranded shall be prima facie evidence 

 that the possession thereof is in violation of this section. 



Section y. Term Food Defined. — The term "food," as used 

 herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confection- 

 ery or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, 

 mixed or compounded, and any substitute used as a constituent 

 in the manufacture thereof. 



Section 8. Defines Adulteration. — That for the purpose of 

 this Act, an article shall be deemed to be adulterated — 



In case of confectionery: 



First — If it contains terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, 

 paraffin, mineral fillers or poisonous substances, or poisonous 

 color or flavor. 



Second — If it contains any ingredient deleterious or detri- 

 mental to health, or any vinous, malt or spirituous liquor or com- 

 pound, or narcotic drug. 



In case of food : 



First — If any substance has been mixed or packed with it 

 so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality, strength 

 or purity. 



Second — If any substance has been substituted wholly or in 

 part for the article. 



Third — If any valuable constituent of the article has been 

 wholly or in part abstracted : Provided, that in the manufacture 

 of skim or separated cheese the whole or part of the butter fats 

 in the milk may be abstracted. 



Fourth — If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated, polished 

 or stained in any manner whereby damage or inferiority is con- 

 cealed, or it is made to appear better or of greater value than 

 it really is. 



